Boston University: Leading Womanist Ethicist and Theologian Named New MLK Professor of Religion and Black Studies at STH
May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Boston University issued the following news:
By Steve Holt
Emilie Townes was all set to retire in two years from the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and return to teaching full-time. Then she accepted an invitation to meet with a search committee member from Boston University's School of Theology regarding a renowned--and recently vacated--professorship bearing the name of civil rights icon and BU alum Martin Luther King, Jr. (G . . .
By Steve Holt
Emilie Townes was all set to retire in two years from the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and return to teaching full-time. Then she accepted an invitation to meet with a search committee member from Boston University's School of Theology regarding a renowned--and recently vacated--professorship bearing the name of civil rights icon and BU alum Martin Luther King, Jr. (G . . .